Paul Bergmann was an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 tight end

Tight end

The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...

 for UCLA and the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

.

Bergmann's football career began on the receiving end of John Elway

John Elway

John Albert Elway, Jr. is a former American football quarterback and currently is the executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He played college football at Stanford and his entire professional career with the Denver Broncos...

's passes at Granada Hills Charter High School

Granada Hills Charter High School

Granada Hills Charter High School is an independent public school consisting of over 4,200 students in grades 9–12, located in Granada Hills, California. It currently holds the record as the top comprehensive public senior high school in Los Angeles...

. Elway went on to Stanford, and Bergmann went to play locally at UCLA, on a full ride scholarship. There, he lettered for the UCLA Bruins in 1982 and 1983. He was a first team all pac-ten selection, a UPI in the 1st team all-West Coast, a 2nd team AP, and a UPI in the all-American selection. In those seasons, UCLA's record was 10-1-1, 7-4-1.

Bergmann was a starting member of UCLA's 1983 Rose Bowl

1983 Rose Bowl

The 1983 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game, played on January 1, 1983. It was the 69th Rose Bowl game. The UCLA Bruins defeated the Michigan Wolverines by a score of 24-14. Tom Ramsey, UCLA quarterback and Don Rogers, UCLA defensive back, were named the Rose Bowl Players Of The Game...

, where he led all receivers with 6 catches, and the 1984 Rose Bowl

1984 Rose Bowl

The 1984 Rose Bowl game, played on January 2, was the 70th Rose Bowl game. The UCLA Bruins defeated the Illinois Fighting Illini by a score of 45-9. Rick Neuheisel, UCLA quarterback, was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game. He completed 22 of 32 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns...

 Championship, where he caught the first touchdown pass of the game, thrown by Rick Neuheisel

Rick Neuheisel

Richard Gerald "Rick" Neuheisel, Jr. , is an American football coach, former player, and attorney. He was most recently the head football coach at University of California, Los Angeles, a position he held from 2008 to 2011...

.

Bergmann was drafted into the NFL in 1984, as the 8th pick in the 1st round, playing with the USFL Jacksonville Bulls, before eventually moving on to the NFL to play with Kansas City for three years, before a shoulder dislocation ended his career in 1988. He resides in Ojai, California, where he has served community church as a progressive pastor activist.